April Fool's Day Movie Review
April Fool's Day Review
"April Fool's Day" Overview
Rating: R
1986
Cast and Crew
Director : Fred WaltonProducer : Frank Mancuso Jr.
Screenwiter : Danilo Bach
Starring : Amy Steel,Ken Olandt,Deborah Foreman,Griffin O'Neal,Leah Pinsent,Deborah Goodrich,Clayton Rohner,Thomas F. Wilson,Jay Baker
You might recognize Deborah Foreman's Muffy as the "six inch spike" girl from
Real Genius, and you might remember Thomas F. Wilson's Arch as Biff from the
Back to the Future series. And you might recognize April Fool's Day's hair and
clothing styles as something you wore yourself 15 years ago. Talk about horror!
The archetypal family manor on an inaccessible island plays the setting for a
group of college kids, invited by the mysterious Muffy to spend the weekend.
But the April Fool's pranks begin before the kids ever make it to the island as
one guy fakes being stabbed. Pretty soon chairs are collapsing, faucets are
squirting, glasses are dribbling... and the body count is rising.
As corny as April Fool's Day is, it's also a guilty pleasure among horror
films. Schlock full of twists, turns, and red herrings, this whodunit is an
early influencer to Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and a whole host
of imitators. The production values are middling and the acting is ham-fisted
(at best), but it's a classic ride into one of the best examples of horror
cheese going.
Or is it...?
Reviewer: Christopher Null
